HUD

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has delayed once more, until September 30, 2009, the effective date of a final rule entitled, Refinement of Income and Rent Determination Requirements in Public and Assisted Housing Programs.

The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism recently published its 2008 edition of the State of Hawaii Data Book.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), recently announced that it was accepting applications for the 2010 Housing and Urban Development Design Awards Program.

The House of Representatives has by a vote of 256-168 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill.

The US House of Representative passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (HR 2454) on June 26th. This far reaching climate change legislation includes an important section on building energy retrofits (Section 202). Additionally, the legislation incorporates Representative Ed Perlmutter’s (D-Colo.) Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods (GREEN) Act (Subtitle H).

NH&RA’s HOPE VI Council is convening at the 2009 Summer Institute, on July 31 to brainstorm and provide feedback on the Obama Administration’s proposed Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI). The proposed FY-2010 HUD Budget has allocated $250 million for this program, which would replace the HOPE VI program and expand its scope to address neighborhoods in a broader based manner.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT), along with fellow Committee members Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dan Akaka (D-HI) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), introduced legislation to help areas across the country plan and implement development projects that better integrate their community’s needs for transportation, housing, land use, and economic development.

HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs has scheduled technical assistance training addressing Energy Efficiency. The Energy Efficiency course describes how a project can incorporate energy efficiency measures into rehabilitation and new construction programs.

The Urban Institute has published a new report entitled “The Uncharted, Uncertain Future Of HOPE VI Redevelopments: The Case for Assessing Project Sustainability.”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator, James Lockhart III plans to leave the job by the end of August 2009.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently requested Econometrica, Inc., to assess the analytical usefulness of the American Housing Survey’s (AHS) content.

The Metropolitan Area Quarterly Residential and Business
Vacancy Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2009 is
a recent addition to HUD USER’s library of online data
sets.